How boomers ruined the blues...

[gab13by13]

8. Yeah, I worked hard for everything I got,

Yeah college was cheaper but I worked when still in high school then worked on the highway for a subcontractor who worked the hell out of me. I stayed in a room above a bar and my last night I had no money left and one can of pears I brought from home to tide me over until I got paid.

I think I was allowed to play the blues. Our band played in this red neck bar and the bartender told us that no one will dance until they get some booze in them. We played a Temptations 6 pack (6 Temptations tunes) so we decided to open up with a Temptation's tune "Since I Lost My Baby," it was a tricky tune to dance to. The bar was all white people except for 1 black couple. We started playing and the black couple got up and danced fast to the tune and the white people got up and danced slow.

I loved playing in a band in the 60's.